Officials to OK airport construction
WAYNESBURG – Greene County commissioners are expected to sign a contract today with the contractor that will construct a new intersection on Route 21 at Greene County Airport.
At a brief agenda meeting Wednesday, the commissioner agreed to consider a motion at today’s meeting to sign a contract with A. Folino Construction Inc., which submitted the low bid of $768,719.
Though bids were opened in February, the county had to wait until the company submitted insurance and other required documents before the commissioners could sign the contract, county Chief Clerk Jeffrey Marshall said.
Marshall said he expects the company to begin preliminary work in about a month, which initially may not include any visible construction but will involve tasks such as the purchase of signs and other necessary equipment.
The county hopes to have work on the intersection completed in the fall, Marshall said.
The new intersection will realign the airport entrance road with Murtha Drive and make a new four-way intersection at Murtha Drive and Route 21.
The work is part of a project to open up airport property to commercial development.
The two final phases of the project are expected to be bid this summer, Marshall said.
The second phase will include construction of a section of road within the airport property leading from the new intersection to an area east of the administration building where a new parking lot will be built.
The final phase is construction of a road inside the airport property west to the three commercial lots fronting Route 21 that will be available for development.
In other business, the commissioners are expected to accept the resignation of Francis Minor from the Greene County Planning Commission and appoint his replacement. Minor has served on the commission for 20 years.
The commissioner also are expected to accepted the resignation of Robbie Matesic, director of the county’s Department of Economic Development, from the Work Force Investment board.